Global Warming Research Paper

Is global Warming Real?

What is Global Warming? Why is it important, or not important? Well, global warming is the gradual increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed by the increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. Global Warming is real and is a current problem that we live with every day. Part of the cause of global warming is Study shows that the Earth’s temperature around the world has increased by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since the late 1800s. In the Arctic about twice of the temperature around the world has also risen. This issue affects our daily temperature. Global warming has become a subject of political controversy. This debate has been subject to whether humans are at fault or if it is just a course of nature. Although many debates go on, questions of how to respond or help slow down the process of global warming are much more important focus. The main cause of global warming is the human contribution of the “greenhouse effect”. The Greenhouse effect is a cycle in which the temperature on Earth raises, during this, certain gases in the atmosphere trap energy. Global warming is a serious subject, very real subject that is being addressed and can be slowed down.

The greenhouse effect is the effect that gases from the earth and our industries cause. The three natural gases from this greenhouse effect are carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Three industrial gases are hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SFs). Water Vapor is also one of the greenhouse gases. Some of these gases we, humans, need to survive. Without these gases, heat would escape into space and make the Earth much...

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...ous weather event was hurricane Sandy which hit in 2011. Hurricane Sandy hit the states of New York and New Jersey, climate change most likely made Sandy worse of a storm than it would have originally been. With help of raised sea levels hurricane Sandy broke records with a 13.2 foot storm surge, the sea surface temperature along the east coast gave rise to above mediocre levels of water vapor that intensified the storm. This is just one of the many extreme storms there have been on account of climate change cause by global warming. Humans have also left their “fingerprint” in other sides of climate change including in the changes in ocean heat content, precipitation, and the Arctic sea ice. The cutting down of many trees is also a contributor to the high levels of carbon dioxide. In the following graph, the change in temperature is shown based on temperature